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Photochemical α-Cleavage Reaction of 3’,5’-Dimethoxybenzoin: A Combined Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry Study

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العنوان: Photochemical α-Cleavage Reaction of 3’,5’-Dimethoxybenzoin: A Combined Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry Study
المؤلفون: Yuanchun Li, Xiting Zhang, Zhiping Yan, Lili Du, Wenjian Tang, David Lee Phillips
المصدر: Molecules, Vol 25, Iss 15, p 3548 (2020)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: LCC:Organic chemistry
مصطلحات موضوعية: photoinitiator, benzoin, α-cleavage, transient absorption spectroscopy, DFT calculation, Organic chemistry, QD241-441
الوصف: Benzoin is one of the most commonly used photoinitiators to induce free radical polymerization. Here, improved benzoin properties could be accomplished by the introduction of two methoxy substituents, leading to the formation of 3’,5’-dimethoxybenzoin (DMB) which has a higher photo-cleavage quantum yield (0.54) than benzoin (0.35). To elucidate the underlying reaction mechanisms of DMB and obtain direct information of the transient species involved, femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) and nanosecond transient absorption (ns-TA) spectroscopic experiments in conjunction with density functional theory/time-dependent density functional theory (DFT/TD-DFT) calculations were performed. It was found that the photo-induced α-cleavage (Norrish Type I reaction) of DMB occurred from the nπ* triplet state after a rapid intersystem crossing (ISC) process (7.6 ps), leading to the generation of phenyl radicals on the picosecond time scale. Compared with Benzoin, DMB possesses two methoxy groups which are able to stabilize the alcohol radical and thus result in a stronger driving force for cleavage and a higher quantum yield of photodissociation. Two stable conformations (cis-DMB and trans-DMB) at ground state were found via DFT calculations. The influence of the intramolecular hydrogen bond on the α-cleavage of DMB was elaborated.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1420-3049
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/15/3548; https://doaj.org/toc/1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153548
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/f1b882240f094e1bbc117fb918dec8e5
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.f1b882240f094e1bbc117fb918dec8e5
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الوصف
تدمد:14203049
DOI:10.3390/molecules25153548